Regional Center For Border Health, Inc.

Regional Center For Border Health, Inc., a tax-exempt nonprofit based in Somerton, Arizona, operates as a federal grant recipient delivering primary care physician training, rural health care infrastructure improvement, and community social services to medically underserved border populations. The organization acts as a prime recipient on Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department of Agriculture, and Department of Housing and Urban Development grants, and as a sub-recipient on USDA Food and Nutrition Service and state-administered HUD Continuum of Care funding.

The organization's primary capability centers on graduate medical education and rural health workforce development. HRSA's Bureau of Health Professionals awarded Regional Center For Border Health a $107,116 Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education Payment Program grant (CFDA 93.530) on March 1, 2026, running through June 30, 2029, to establish a Family Medicine residency program through its subsidiary San Luis Walk-In Clinic, Inc., a federally designated rural health clinic in Yuma County, Arizona. The three-year curriculum trains primary care physicians for medically underserved border communities, with initial recruitment of two residents beginning November 2024 for a July 1, 2025 training start and expansion to six residents across subsequent cohorts. Training occurs at two San Luis Walk-In Clinic sites in San Luis and Somerton, with core inpatient rotations at Banner Children's at Desert, Carl T Hayden VA Medical Center in Phoenix, and Yuma Regional Medical Center, under ACGME accreditation through a sponsorship agreement with Spokane Teaching Health Center and nine signed Program Letters of Agreement with clinical training providers. Regional Center For Border Health also received a $500,000 Teaching Health Center Planning and Development Program grant from HRSA in April 2023 (ultimate completion March 31, 2025) to support program planning and development.

The organization's secondary capability addresses rural health infrastructure and community facility improvement. The Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service awarded three grants totaling $1 million in January 2022 (ultimate completion January 11, 2024) under the Community Facilities Loans and Grants program (CFDA 10.766) to construct, enlarge, and improve rural health care facilities in Somerton. A separate FEMA grant under the Shelter and Services Program was awarded on October 1, 2023 (completion September 30, 2026).

Customer concentration reflects regional health and social service focus. The top five funding agencies account for 65 percent of recent award volume: HRSA Bureau of Health Professionals and USDA Food and Nutrition Service each carry four awards; HUD's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development carries four awards; USDA Rural Utilities Service carries three awards. Regional Center For Border Health acts as a sub-recipient on SNAP Employment and Training program work through the Arizona Department of Economic Security (four sub-awards from November 2022 through November 2025), on Continuum of Care homelessness coordination through the Arizona Department of Housing (four sub-awards from January 2023 through July 2025), on women's health services through the Arizona Department of Health Services, and on health careers training through the University of Arizona (one sub-award from March 2023).

Activity has remained steady at three to five awards annually over the past five years, with one award reaching completion within the next twenty-four months. The organization operates exclusively as a grant recipient with no federal contract vehicle participation or prime contract awards.